User talk:Peter-james-charlton

The frase "Play The Whie Man" may have its roots in racism. It does though also share a similar conotation in the opning gambits of Chess as White always moves first. Any frustration at the start of the game would tend to lead to the phrase 'Play the white man' or if a couple of players were playing the more experiensed may tend to let the inexperienced player have the advantage whith the saying 'you play white' or ' you play the white man' Leading the phrase 'Play the white man' to encourage some-one to hurry up. --Peter-james-charlton (talk) 15:49, 30 October 2008 (UTC)